Does cost-share replicate water quality trading projects? Implications for a possible partnership

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-215

  Breetz, Hanna L ^a   Fisher Vanden, Karen ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34147137266     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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